8 Bible Verses about Heredity
Most Relevant Verses
And his disciples asked him, saying, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?"
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature [that] moves, [with] which the waters swarm, according to their kind, and every bird [with] wings according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.
"{The statements of the daughters of Zelophehad are right}. You must surely give them [the] property of an inheritance in the midst of their father's brothers, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.
And when Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he fathered a child in his likeness, according to his image. And he called his name Seth.
A certain one of them, [one of] their own prophets, has said, "Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."
From Thematic Bible
Heredity » General references to
The wicked are estranged from [the] womb. They go astray from [the] belly, speaking lies.
keeping loyal love to the thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and he does not leave utterly unpunished, punishing [the] guilt of fathers on sons and on sons of sons on third and fourth [generations]."
You will not be united with them in burial because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. [The] descendants of evildoers will not be mentioned for eternity!
Heredity » Beneficent influence of the righteous
In the fear of Yahweh, there is confidence of strength, and for his children, there will be refuge.
I was a youth, but I am [now] old; yet I have not seen [the] righteous forsaken or his children {begging for} bread.
His {descendants} will be mighty in the land; [the] generation of [the] upright will be blessed.
{Rest assured}, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Heredity » Evil influence of the wicked upon posterity
For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.
You will not be united with them in burial because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. [The] descendants of evildoers will not be mentioned for eternity!
Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
If their children multiply, [it is] for [the] sword, and his offspring {do not have enough to eat}.
You will destroy their {offspring} from [the] earth, and their {descendants} from among [the] children of humankind.
